Culinary utensil



June 28, 1949. I w. c. P. ZABEL ET AL 2,474,451

' CULINARY UTENSIL Filed Dec. 7, 1945 Patented June 28, 1949 CU'IiINARYUIENSID WilliamaQLB: Zab'el' and Richardiflsflelienbeima. Chicago,- Ilh,assignorsto Bl'asmetl='.(lor11.creation-i.v Chicago, 111.;acorporatiomnf Illinois Application December 7, 1945; Serial 'No:633,455"

3 Claims. ((31. 30-e-30791 construction of this character which will.beT

highly efiicient in use and economical in-..man-ufacturee A principalobject of this invention is the provision in a culinary utensil whereinthere are employed substantially spaced cooperative stripping discs orcutting wheels, with one of the wheels arranged for retraction withrespect to the other, whereby the tool may be used for trimming or otheroperations by the manipulation of the tool with but a single wheel.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of partsto be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings showing the preferred form of construction, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the culinary utensil embodied in theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, butshowing one of the discs or wheels in retracted position with respect tothe other disc or wheel;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional detail view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view of the same taken substantially online 44 of Fig. 3.

The drawings illustrate the preferred form of construction by which theseveral objects of my invention ar accomplished.

In this connection, our improved culinary utensil comprises a handle Iconsisting of two parts II and I2 which, when secured together by meansof locating pins I3 and a screw I4, constitute the handle ID. The handlepart I2 is provided at its lower end portion I5 with an opening I6, andextending longitudinally with respect to the handle part I2 there isprovided a groove or recess I1. In this groove or recess I1 is mountedan end portion I8 of an arm I9, the medial portion of which is providedwith an outwardly extending loop 20 which projects through the openingI6.

The handle part I I is provided at its lower end portion. 2| with anelongated slot 22. In the face 23 of the handle portion II, which is inabutment with the face 23' of the handle part I2, there is formed anelongated recess or groove 24. Mounted for slidable movement in thisgroove 24 is the upper-*end mortion 25-' '-"of "an-arm 26 extending inparallel re'lation withrespect 'to the arm I 9 and having-its medialportion providedwith an out- I ward-ly-extending loop 21 which works inthe 1 slotzi of -the liandle -part' I12 In this upper'end por 25 0fIthearmQ-G- there is provided an elongat-ed -sldt :28 tlirough--=wh'ichI the shank. 29 of the attachment screw I 4'' projects:

At the lowen end portions otthe arms I 9 and 26- there are rotatablyconnected as at 30, in any suitable manner, oppositely disposedcorrugated cutting discs or wheels 3 I.

With the cutting discs or wheels 3| disposed in opposite parallelrelationship with respect to each other, the utensil may be utilized forcutting strips of dough for use in making lattice-work or crisscrosspics.

The utensil with the wheels disposed in this position may be used formany other purposes, such for example, cutting strips of noodles or thelike. For trimming purposes or for purposes of cutting decoratively orcubing material used in making pastries, the one wheel 3| may beretracted with respect to the other wheel. This is accomplished byholding the handle in the palm of the hand, with the loop 20 bearingagainst the index finger and the thumb firmly resting upon the loop 21.Then, by buckling the thumb so as to exert an upward pressure againstthe loop 21, the arm 26 will be moved longitudinally with respect to thehandle I0, and, in this movement, retract the disc or wheel 3| carriedthereby. In this position of the retracted wheel 3|, the projected wheel3I may be used for the purposes hereinbefore stated or for many otherpurposes, such, for example, cutting vegetables, etc.

The foregoing description demonstrates the simplicity of construction ofour utensil, and from this description it will be apparent that autensil for the purposes hereinbefore set forth may be utilized for manypurposes; that it is of a sanitary construction, simple in operation,easily cleaned, and one not likely to become out of order.

While we have shown and described the cutting discs or wheels as beingcorrugated, it is to be understood that these wheels may be of anyapproved construction or design.

While we have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying our invention into efiect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. A culinary utensil comprising a handle, a pair of cutting wheelsadapted to be positioned in spaced alignment with respect to each other,means for supporting one of said wheels in fixed position with respectto said handle, means for supporting the other of said wheels from saidhandle for movement from aligned position with respect to said onewheel, said last-narned means comprising an arm supporting said other ofsaid wheels, a groove and loop connection between the arm and thehandle, the groove permitting the arm to be moved longitudinally of thehandle and the loop being adapted to be engaged by a thumb to facilitatemoving the arm longitudinally of said handle.

2. A utensil of the class described comprising a handle, a pair of armsextending from the handle, one of said arms being movable longitudinallyrelative to the other of said arms and with respect to said handle, saidother arm having a medial loop formed therein, said handle having anopening through which said loop projects, said one arm having a medialloop formed therein, said handle having an elongated slot through which4 said second mentioned loop projects, and cutting wheels carried by theouter end portions of said arms.

3. A utensil of the class described comprising a handle, a pair of armsextending from the handle, one of said arms being movable relative tothe other and to the handle, the other of said arms providing a fixedloop adapted to engage the index finger of the hand when said handle isheld in the palm thereof, the movable arm being provided with a loopadapted to engage the thumb of the hand when said index finger engagessaid fixed loop, said handle having an elongated slot in which saidmovable loop is adapted to be moved to vary the relative positionbetween said arms, and cutting wheels carried by the outer end portionsof said arms.

WILLIAM C. P. ZABEL. RICHARD C. HELFENBEIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenices are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 267,106 Purdy Nov. 7, 18821,529,879 Dolny Man. 17, 1925

